A STUDY ON COMMITTEE REPORTS AND CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT

ABSTRACT

The researcher has attempted to evaluate the literature in respect of various committees, such as the review committee, reports of working groups, study teams on co-operatives, and so on, in order to conduct a thorough investigation into the research activity. In various instances, if and when the government believed that anything was wrong with the co-operative movement, expert committees were created to investigate the growth of co-operatives and to provide suggestions for the sustainable development of the co-operative movement. The Agricultural Finance Sub-Committee (1945) - chaired by Prof. D.R. Gadgil - concluded that the expansion of cooperative efforts would be the most effective and long-lasting solution to the issues of rural economy in general and agricultural credit in particular. Although it was thought that the cooperative movement could be able to provide all of the credit demands of farmers, it was determined that this might not be the case. As a result, it was advised that state assistance be supplied in a far greater amount than had previously been offered in order for cooperatives to be able to provide better credit facilities. In 1945, the Co-operative Planning Committee, headed by R.G.Saraiya, recommended that primary societies be converted into multipurpose societies, and that efforts be made to bring 30 percent of the rural population and 50 percent of villages within the ambit of the reorganised societies within a period of ten years. It also recommended that 25 percent of the total marketable surplus or agricultural produce be brought under the control of co-operatives within a period of ten years. A further recommendation of the committee was that the Reserve Bank of India should offer more help to co-operatives.

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